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Whitney

[hwit-nee, wit-]

noun

  1. Eli, 1765–1825, U.S. manufacturer and inventor.

  2. John Hay, 1904–82, U.S. diplomat and newspaper publisher.

  3. Josiah Dwight, 1819–96, U.S. geologist.

  4. William Dwight, 1827–94, U.S. philologist and lexicographer (brother of Josiah Dwight).

  5. Mount, a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada. 14,495 feet (4,418 meters).

  6. a male given name.



Whitney

1

/ ˈɪٲɪ /

noun

  1. Eli. 1765–1825, US inventor of a mechanical cotton gin (1793) and pioneer manufacturer of interchangeable parts

  2. William Dwight. 1827–94, US philologist, noted esp for his Sanskrit Grammar (1879)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Whitney

2

/ ˈɪٲɪ /

noun

  1. a mountain in E California: the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and in continental US (excluding Alaska). Height: 4418 m (14 495 ft)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Rothenberg even planned a halftime show for the final at the Rose Bowl, signing Whitney Houston to perform.

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Whitney Leavitt explains that "naturally dynamics will change when there's more money and family involved and definitely some people get competitive" but reassures me the group are still friends off camera.

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According to the program notes that accompanied the film’s Whitney premiere, Burnett sought to “try to recreate a situation without reducing life to a simple plot.”

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happened with “Mas Tequila” is that there’s a guy named Narada Michael Walden — great songwriter and producer, worked with Whitney and a bunch of other people — he said, “Let’s make a record.”

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Comedian Whitney Cummings remembers watching Knox’s story from afar as it unfolded, long before their eventual friendship.

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